HIT Consultant

MARCH 24, 2023

These biases erode quality of care and access for underrepresented patients, in turn leading to a lack of trust in, and even fear of, the healthcare system as well as lowering participation by POC in their healthcare journey. Uneven quality and experience: Stark differences in the quality of care exist between races.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Life Sciences Accountability Patient Experience 52

NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

State health reform efforts increasingly focus on providing comprehensive and well-coordinated care to people with serious illness to improve quality of care and drive down costs. California provided an example of billing codes associated with specified palliative care services in its December 2017 guidance.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals 52

NASHP

AUGUST 31, 2023

In Louisiana, the Medicaid program implemented a quality measure that requires MCOs to report the percentage of patients with a diagnosis of HIV and a viral load below a threshold of 200 copies/ml. These efforts have led to improvements in the quality of care for PLWHA, and viral load suppression rates have increased over time.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Accountability Public Health services Population Health 52

NCQA

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

HEDIS measures do not constitute clinical practice guidelines and should not be used to determine insurance or coverage. Proposed New HEDIS Measures Follow-Up After Acute Care Visits for Asthma. An important part of developing and updating HEDIS is hearing from the public.

Quality Assurance 52

Quality Assurance Urgent Care Clinical Practice Primary Care 52

NASHP

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The state also explicitly identifies opportunities to encourage the adoption of evidence-based clinical practices to support positive birth outcomes including expanding the state’s Maternal Health Learning Collaborative.

Medicaid 64

Medicaid Clinical Practice Primary Care Quality Improvement 64

NCQA

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Many asthma exacerbations could be avoided with appropriate preventive care and medication regimens that align with clinical guidelines for asthma control—especially if clinicians also provide education and support for patients that focuses on social factors and living conditions. “As

Pharmaceuticals 52

Pharmaceuticals Clinical Practice Primary Care Accountability 52

Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Worse, it would do so based on flawed economic theory, artificially narrow geographic markets, out-of-context quotations from a handful of documents, and with zero regard for the actual improvements to patient satisfaction and quality of care that would flow from the transaction.

Medicare 45

Medicare Nursing Accountable Care Accountability 45

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Additionally, a bipartisan group of 41 senators recently sent a letter to Senate leadership, warning that further cuts will reduce the quality of care. These ongoing payment reductions undermine the capacity of independent clinical practices, especially in rural and underserved areas, to serve their communities.

Home Care 105

Home Care Medicare Quality of Care Clinical Practice 105